Dinner Party Fare

[Donna Rose]

I threw a dinner party for six last night and made the following:

Cocktail Hour:

Blanched Snow Peas with Toasted Sesame oil and Sesame Seeds
Chipotle Grilled Shrimp with Lime-Cilantro Dressing Stuffed
Cremini Mushrooms with Prosciutto & Goat Cheese (Richard
Campbell's recipe) Served with Cosmopolitans

Salad: Mixed organic greens, mint & cilantro with walnuts,
cranberries & orange segments, dressed lightly with a
champagne dressing and topped with sauteed scallops and
shaved black truffles Served with Blackstone Sauvignon Blanc

Main Course: Stuffed Leg of Lamb, grilled over a rotisserie
Green Beans with Garlic, Turmeric & Cumin Homemade Butternut
Squash Ravioli Served with a 1999 Pessac-Leognan that was
absolutely amazing (brought by one of the guests)

Dessert: Ice cream sandwiches, made with homemade vanilla
ice cream and banana nut bread with raisins & coconut.

All in all, the meal was wonderful, if I do say so myself. I
was disappointed that the lamb was a bit overcooked for my
taste, but because I stuffed and rolled it after I
butterflied it, even though it was close to well done, it
was still moist and tender. It was the first time I ever
cooked a stuffed roast before; I'm not sure why my trusty
thermometer let me down (maybe I need to check the
batteries?) but next time I'll be sure to cut back a bit on
the cooking time and/or move the meat a bit further away
from the heat.

--
Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
hopes they are.

[Jan]

Donna, that sounds amazing!

I'm not familiar with that last wine. What is Pessac-
Leognan?

Janet

"Donna Rose" <dSPAM@BLOCKix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b51f4f728a0799c9897ec@news.west.earthlink.net...
> I threw a dinner party for six last night and made the
> following:
>
> Cocktail Hour:
>
> Blanched Snow Peas with Toasted Sesame oil and Sesame
> Seeds Chipotle Grilled Shrimp with Lime-Cilantro Dressing
> Stuffed Cremini Mushrooms with Prosciutto & Goat Cheese
> (Richard Campbell's recipe) Served with Cosmopolitans
>
> Salad: Mixed organic greens, mint & cilantro with
> walnuts, cranberries & orange segments, dressed lightly
> with a champagne dressing and topped with sauteed
> scallops and shaved black truffles Served with Blackstone
> Sauvignon Blanc
>
> Main Course: Stuffed Leg of Lamb, grilled over a
> rotisserie Green Beans with Garlic, Turmeric & Cumin
> Homemade Butternut Squash Ravioli Served with a 1999 Pessac-
> Leognan that was absolutely amazing (brought by one of
> the guests)
>
> Dessert: Ice cream sandwiches, made with homemade vanilla
> ice cream and banana nut bread with raisins & coconut.
>
> All in all, the meal was wonderful, if I do say so myself.
> I was disappointed that the lamb was a bit overcooked for
> my taste, but because I stuffed and rolled it after I
> butterflied it, even though it was close to well done, it
> was still moist and tender. It was the first time I ever
> cooked a stuffed roast before; I'm not sure why my trusty
> thermometer let me down (maybe I need to check the
> batteries?) but next time I'll be sure to cut back a bit
> on the cooking time and/or move the meat a bit further
> away from the heat.
>
> --
> Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
> hopes they are.

[Michael Odom]

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 20:13:28 GMT, Donna Rose
<dSPAM@BLOCKix.netcom.com> wrote:

>I threw a dinner party for six last night and made the
>following:
>
>Cocktail Hour:
>
>Blanched Snow Peas with Toasted Sesame oil and Sesame Seeds
>Chipotle Grilled Shrimp with Lime-Cilantro Dressing Stuffed
>Cremini Mushrooms with Prosciutto & Goat Cheese (Richard
>Campbell's recipe) Served with Cosmopolitans
>
>Salad: Mixed organic greens, mint & cilantro with
>walnuts, cranberries & orange segments, dressed lightly
>with a champagne dressing and topped with sauteed
>scallops and shaved black truffles Served with Blackstone
>Sauvignon Blanc
>
>Main Course: Stuffed Leg of Lamb, grilled over a rotisserie
>Green Beans with Garlic, Turmeric & Cumin Homemade
>Butternut Squash Ravioli Served with a 1999 Pessac-Leognan
>that was absolutely amazing (brought by one of the guests)
>
>Dessert: Ice cream sandwiches, made with homemade vanilla
>ice cream and banana nut bread with raisins & coconut.
>
>All in all, the meal was wonderful, if I do say so myself.
>I was disappointed that the lamb was a bit overcooked for
>my taste, but because I stuffed and rolled it after I
>butterflied it, even though it was close to well done, it
>was still moist and tender. It was the first time I ever
>cooked a stuffed roast before; I'm not sure why my trusty
>thermometer let me down (maybe I need to check the
>batteries?) but next time I'll be sure to cut back a bit on
>the cooking time and/or move the meat a bit further away
>from the heat.

Even with the too-done lamb, it sounds absolutely wonderful.
Thanks for sharing the menu.

modom

"If you have a racist friend, Now is the time, now is the
time For your friendship to end."
-- The Specials

[Cryambers]

Donna Rose dSPAM@BLOCKix.netcom.com wrote:

>I threw a dinner party for six last night and made the
>following:
>
>Cocktail Hour:
>
>Blanched Snow Peas with Toasted Sesame oil and Sesame Seeds
>Chipotle Grilled Shrimp with Lime-Cilantro Dressing Stuffed
>Cremini Mushrooms with Prosciutto & Goat Cheese (Richard
>Campbell's recipe) Served with Cosmopolitans
>
>Salad: Mixed organic greens, mint & cilantro with
>walnuts, cranberries & orange segments, dressed lightly
>with a champagne dressing and topped with sauteed
>scallops and shaved black truffles Served with Blackstone
>Sauvignon Blanc
>
>Main Course: Stuffed Leg of Lamb, grilled over a rotisserie
>Green Beans with Garlic, Turmeric & Cumin Homemade
>Butternut Squash Ravioli Served with a 1999 Pessac-Leognan
>that was absolutely amazing (brought by one of the guests)
>
>Dessert: Ice cream sandwiches, made with homemade vanilla
>ice cream and banana nut bread with raisins & coconut.
>

That sounds like a fabulous meal. I'm envious. I'm sorry
about the lamb, but it probably didn't affect people's
enjoyment of the meal. (I'm always worried about things like
that, and no one else notices...)

pat

[Donna Rose]

In article <1JZFc.4834$bp1.2449@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
jzambit3@rochester.remove.rr.com says...
> Donna, that sounds amazing!
>
> I'm not familiar with that last wine. What is Pessac-
> Leognan?
>
>
Damned if I know. I had to dig one of the bottles out of the
recycling bin to get the name right.

On further inspection of the label, it says "Product of
France - Bordeaux". I know that a real Bordeaux can only be
*from* Bordeaux, but I don't know if anything *but* a
Bordeaux is made in Bordeaux. Confused now? LOL me too.

--
Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
hopes they are.

[Donna Rose]

In article <20040704184407.19209.00001176@mb-m04.aol.com>,
cryambers@aol.com says...
> That sounds like a fabulous meal. I'm envious. I'm sorry
> about the lamb, but it probably didn't affect people's
> enjoyment of the meal. (I'm always worried about things
> like that, and no one else notices...)
>
>
You're right - no one but me even noticed it. And I heated
some left- overs up for lunch today, and it was still moist
and tender, so it wasn't terrible, it just wasn't 'perfect'.
But it was pretty darn good.
--
Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
hopes they are.

[Arri London]

Donna Rose wrote:
>
> In article <1JZFc.4834$bp1.2449@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> jzambit3@rochester.remove.rr.com says...
> > Donna, that sounds amazing!
> >
> > I'm not familiar with that last wine. What is Pessac-
> > Leognan?
> >
> >
> Damned if I know. I had to dig one of the bottles out of
> the recycling bin to get the name right.
>
> On further inspection of the label, it says "Product of
> France - Bordeaux". I know that a real Bordeaux can only
> be *from* Bordeaux, but I don't know if anything *but* a
> Bordeaux is made in Bordeaux. Confused now? LOL me too.
>
> --
> Donna

Here's some info: http://www.winemega.com/articles_2004/pes-
sac_leognan_graves_e.htm
> A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes
> they are.

[Jan]

"Donna Rose" <dSPAM@BLOCKix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b5206ef76c03cd19897f1@news.west.earthlink.net...
> In article <1JZFc.4834$bp1.2449@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> jzambit3@rochester.remove.rr.com says...
> > Donna, that sounds amazing!
> >
> > I'm not familiar with that last wine. What is Pessac-
> > Leognan?
> >
> >
> Damned if I know. I had to dig one of the bottles out of
> the recycling bin to get the name right.
>
> On further inspection of the label, it says "Product of
> France - Bordeaux". I know that a real Bordeaux can only
> be *from* Bordeaux, but I don't know if anything *but* a
> Bordeaux is made in Bordeaux. Confused now? LOL me too.
>
>
> --
> Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
> hopes they are.

Thanks Donna, I learned something new today!

Jan

[Donna Rose]

In article <40E88BFA.36A83ED3@ic.ac.uk>,
biotech@ic.ac.uk says...
>
>
> Donna Rose wrote:
> >
> > In article <1JZFc.4834$bp1.2449@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> > jzambit3@rochester.remove.rr.com says...
> > > Donna, that sounds amazing!
> > >
> > > I'm not familiar with that last wine. What is Pessac-
> > > Leognan?
> > >
> > >
> > Damned if I know. I had to dig one of the bottles out of
> > the recycling bin to get the name right.
> >
> > On further inspection of the label, it says "Product of
> > France - Bordeaux". I know that a real Bordeaux can only
> > be *from* Bordeaux, but I don't know if anything *but* a
> > Bordeaux is made in Bordeaux. Confused now? LOL me too.
> >
> > --
> > Donna
>
>
> Here's some info: http://www.winemega.com/articles_2004/p-
> essac_leognan_graves_e.htm

>
Thanks Arri - that was quite helpful. I'm not sure if I can
buy it here, as the folks who brought it actually brought it
back from France, but I'm going to take the label with me to
the liquor store to see if I can find some locally. It was
definitely worth a second try. Thanks again for the link.
--
Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
hopes they are.